That Meme, revisited, and life

[hobgoblinn]

So, I know I'm going to burn now for posting a meme and then not responding to anyone for the past few days. As the move out day gets closer and the boxes begin to pile up, I get a little overwhelmed. But for those who responded to my meme, thanks, and know that I did read and take amusement/ comfort from the answers. To save me time, here in one place are my answers, for anyone who wanted to know:

1.)Q. Can you cook?
1.)A. passably

2.)Q. What was your dream growing up?
2.)A.to be a teacher. (or a starfleet officer)

3.)Q. What talent do you wish you had?
3.)A. drawing

4.)Q. If I bought you a drink what would it be?
4.)A. English Bitters or Stout

5.)Q. Favorite vegetable?
5.)A. zucchini squash

6.)Q. What was the last book you read?
6.)A. real or fanfic? Half Blood Prince reread in prep for the last book. I’m in the middle of another Joseph Cambell book (Hero’s Journey) and an interesting book about hypergraphia (uncontrollable urge to write) and creativity (The Midnight Disease). I’ve been reading several novel length HP fanfics the past couple of weeks, too.

7.)Q. What zodiac sign are you ?
7.)A. Taurus

8.)Q. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
8.)A. normal ear piercing only

9.)Q. Worst Habit?
9.)A. believing wee hob will really do something I ask and forgetting about it. Until it’s not done later and I notice.

10.)Q. If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
10.)A. Only if I knew it was you

11.)Q. What is your favorite sport?
11.)A. racquetball (to play). I seldom watch, but when I do, football, soccer and lacrosse are kind of cool

12.)Q. Negative or Optimistic attitude?
12.)A. closet Optimistic, with sarcastic overtones

13.)Q. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
13.)A. have an interesting conversation to pass the time.

14.)Q. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
14.)A. losing my kids. best thing was getting wee hob back.

15.)Q. Tell me one weird fact about you:
15.)A. liz marcs turned me on to Irish Punk rock (Dropkick Murphys)

16.)Q. Do you have any pets?
16.)A. two cats

17.)Q. What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
17.)A. depends on where I had to be and why you showed up

18.)Q. What was your first impression of me?
18.)A. who are you again? no, I think I had read some of your fanfic/ postings on a yahoo group. One of those nice Buffy fans.

19.)Q. Do you think clowns are funny or scary?
19.)A. neither

20.)Q. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be???
20.)A. red hair would be cool

21.)Q. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
21.)A. depends on what the crime involved. Mischief is sometimes fun

22.)Q. What color eyes do you have?
22.)A. brown

23.)Q. Ever been arrested?
23.)A. yes. never indicted, though. child custody battles are such fun.

24.)Q. Bottle or Draft?
24.)A. draft

25.)Q. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
25.)A. have it get sucked up to pay student loans, probably.

26.)Q. Would you date me?
26.)A. depends. are you a cute single guy or a Norwegian grandmother?

27.)Q. What 's your favorite bar to hang at?
27.)A. Nicholson’s Scottish Pub, downtown Cincinnati

28.)Q. Do you believe in ghosts?
28.)A. yeah-- see here: http://hobgoblinn.livejournal.com/20015.html

29.)Q. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29.)A. read. or write when the muse strikes me.

30.)Q. Do you swear a lot?
30.)A. Hello, computer programmer.

31.)Q. Biggest pet peeve?
31.)A. People who misuse “its/it’s” or make similar mistakes.

32.)Q. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32.)A. sardonic

33.)Q. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same?
33.)A. why not?

In other news, I have two page long starts to Giles stories, but something completely new and original has been sucking up the brain cells the past few weeks. Another reason I will burn, I suppose. I'll try to bang something out while wee hob is at Scout camp next month-- that's one of the reasons I chose the date I did, as it gave me that week of childlessness to focus on something, and then a few days after to edit it. Theoretically.

Hope everyone's well. I have a Harry Potter rec, for anyone who might have an interest. This is possibly one of the most beautiful pieces of fanfic I've ever read, and given some of the people on this very flist, that's saying quite a lot. Enjoy it. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/834017/1/

Comments

[antennapedia.livejournal.com]

I read "The Buried Life" ages ago-- maybe as it was being posted? It's one of those stories that makes me rant sometimes that the fanfiction can be better than Rowling's own writing. Lovely story. Two thumbs up.

[lady-clover.livejournal.com]

Good luck with your move and I hope it goes smoothly.

One thing I've noticed lately is that a lot of people are renting 'Pods' containers and filling them gradually rather than renting a Uhaul and trying to do it all in one day. I haven't looked into the cost yet, but I see so many people using them that they must be competitive.

Thanks for the rec. It is a good story. I have another rec for you although you may have already read it. Falling Further In by Kaz: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/532103/1/

Also can you tell me where I can find your stories archived?

[hobgoblinn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm going to use a "Two men and a truck" kind of company-- faster and cheaper in the long run, especially for a single mom with a pre teen boy who isn't yet quite strong enough to carry large boxes and furniture himself. I think it'll be okay. I don't have a lot of stuff, really; the main difficulty is clutter. And getting ALL the boxes packed before they show up, ready to carry them out.

As to FFI, I'm reading it now-- also quite lovely. I've been sort of linking off not only your "Favorite Stories" but those of the authors I admire. Amazing, what's out there. I'm kind of worried, though, since it doesn't look complete, and some of these very fine tales that have been abandoned since 2004 make me sad. I always swear I won't start WIP's, and then I always cave.

How are your WIPs coming, by the way?

I don't have many stories really, and as far as I know only one is archived at Of Demons and Destiny, a Giles-centric archive. Here are the first part links on my Live Journal, though-- each part has the link to the next at the end, and all are in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom:

Summer (a look at the time between Buffy's death and her return, S5-6):
http://hobgoblinn.livejournal.com/1719.html

Shadows and Echoes
http://hobgoblinn.livejournal.com/30610.html

Through a Glass Darkly (for tenyearsofbuffy ficathon-- I'm most proud of this one, so far):
http://hobgoblinn.livejournal.com/24890.html

I've got a long first half of a Post Chosen Giles, Willow, ensemble story that I worked on last year for Nano, but I haven't had time or energy to return to it-- maybe next November. You can find links during the month of November on my journal-- it has its moments.

antennapedia has hooked me on writing "postmortems" of my fics, exploring what I learned and assessing how well I handled aspects of the craft I was trying to improve-- as a fellow writer, you might find them interesting (might find hers worthwhile, as well). Or, you know, not, but as insomnia remedies they also have a use.